Titus 3.10 - Three Steps for Unity

This October BICF will focus on our Unity in Christ. Our text in Titus 3 describes “a person who stirs up division.” Paul applies the instructions of Jesus, “after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him” (Titus 3.10). Three steps, not easy to take, are commanded toward reconciliation and restoration. First, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone…”  Jesus wants us to face our brothers, not Facebook them! Most conflict among Christians ends quickly when we communicate directly, quickly, and kindly. “But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you…” --- rarely we’ll need mutually trusted friends to help us make peace. “If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church...” --- very rarely, we may need arbitration from church leaders.

(Matthew 18.15-17)